ORIGIN OF THE NAME

Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (1654-1712)

Avenue de Vendôme. There is no definite information as to the origin of this street's name, bestowed on it in 1910.

Vendôme is the name of a square in Paris and of a subprefecture in the department of Loir-et-Cher.

However, the use of "de" in avenue de Vendôme makes it more likely that the street was named after one or more of the Dukes of Vendôme, several of whom played important roles in the history of France.

Name during planning phase: Maisonneuve.

PLATFORM DEPTH
6,1 m deep
(57th deepest station)

TRAFFIC
4 825 779 entrances in 2006
(11th busiest station)

INTERSTATION DISTANCE

To Villa-Maria: To Place-Saint-Henri:
1407,32 metres 1450,88 metres
(the longest interstation distance on the island)

TRIVIA
The following is the text of a commemorative plaque in the station:

Montreal Urban Community
In hommage to Jean Descaris (1617-1687), one of the pioneers of Montreal, to whom Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve awarded a concession in 1650, and to his eighth descendent Alphonse E. Décarie (1877-1945), who owned the land on which Vendôme and Villa-Maria stations were built, this commemorative plaque is presented to the misses Germaine, Gabrielle, and Françoise Décarie, daughters of Alphonse E. Décarie, by the president of the Montreal Urban Community Pierre Des Marais III, on the occasion of the inauguration of Vendôme, Villa-Maria, and Snowdon stations.
9 September 1981

Sketch of Westmount station
Architectural rendering of the never-built Westmount station
A segment of track between Place-Saint-Henri and Vendôme stations is divided by a wall - the only point in the metro network where the two parallel main-line tracks are thus separated between stations. The extra support of the intervening wall was necessary due to softness and instability in the surrounding rock. Plans had called for two stations — Northcliffe and Westmount — between Villa-Maria and Place-Saint-Henri instead of just one, but the same weakness, combined with political pressure from residents of the area, made the change of plans necessary.
This is the network's deepest station without escalators or moving sidewalks.
The future Glen Campus of the McGill University Health Centre will be connected to this station by two tunnels, including one leading to a new ticket hall at the eastern end of the station.

Image westmount.jpg from STM archives. Used by permission. Thank you to Benoît Clairoux.